After Ji Yunshu left, she breathed a sigh of relief. Once this matter passed, she wanted no further entanglement with the Wen brothers.

Especially Wen Che!

That man’s mind was too calculating and he was very intelligent—not a simple character at all.

Moreover, they were acquainted with Yi Wei’an, which naturally meant they were also connected to Prince Jing’an, further indicating their identities were far from ordinary.

In that case… the person who had Li Chuan working for them must also not be any simple character.

Most likely, when they reached Yanjing, it would be an enormous vortex!

As she thought this, she had already returned to the lower deck. She had originally planned to find something to eat when she glimpsed a large ship approaching from the opposite direction. The ship itself seemed unremarkable, but its navigation route formed a direct line with the ship she was currently on. If they didn’t avoid each other in time, there was a risk of collision.

Yet looking at the current trajectory, neither ship showed any intention of yielding first!

Ji Yunshu’s heart tightened!

She couldn’t swim. If they truly collided and she accidentally fell into the water, wouldn’t that mean certain death?

Just as she was thinking this, the large ship opposite suddenly veered its bow!

It shifted to the other side.

She also breathed a sigh of relief!

But for some reason, she found that ship very strange!

Her heart also felt inexplicably uneasy.

Sure enough! Just as the two ships passed each other, dozens of black-clad figures suddenly appeared on that large ship.

They all leaped across to this side in unison!

Each held a long sword, their eyes carrying murderous intent.

Ji Yunshu couldn’t help but retreat several steps, her eyes widening in shock.

She hadn’t expected to become the opening prize for these black-clad assassins!

One of the black-clad figures thrust his sword rapidly toward her chest.

She didn’t know martial arts and had nowhere to hide!

She could only watch helplessly as the sword tip drew closer and closer!

Just when it was less than a foot away, someone suddenly embraced her from behind and threw her to the side.

Two figures fell together onto the deck.

Thus, they narrowly avoided that thrusting sword.

Ji Yunshu’s body slammed violently to the ground, her bones aching sharply from the impact.

Her arms and palms were also scraped.

She hadn’t expected that the person who saved her life would be Luo Yang!

This tackle also left Luo Yang’s entire body aching.

Seeing his strike had missed, the assassin raised his sword to stab again.

Luo Yang saw this and, almost without thinking, not even minding the pain in his body, rolled over and pressed himself protectively over Ji Yunshu.

He shouted loudly: “Watch out!”

In that moment, Ji Yunshu was stunned!

Her heartbeat seemed to slow dramatically in an instant.

How could she have known that Luo Yang would risk his life to save her?

As she lay on the ground watching that sword thrust toward Luo Yang’s back, in an instant her breath caught, her ears rang, as if everything around her had lost all sound.

If this sword truly struck Luo Yang, she would probably never have peace of mind for the rest of her life!

Fortunately, the King of Hell found Luo Yang’s life too tough and didn’t claim it…

Yi Wei’an appeared in time, deflecting the sword from the black-clad assassin’s hand, and in one smooth motion stabbed the sword into the assassin’s throat.

One strike to seal the throat!

Blood splattered everywhere!

This was Yi Wei’an’s first time killing someone in ten years. He had spent years in Lingtang Prefecture, day after day doing nothing but guarding, with not a trace of bloodshed to be seen.

Yet killing someone now came just as smoothly to him!

After the black-clad assassin fell, Yi Wei’an grabbed Luo Yang and lifted him off Ji Yunshu.

He shouted loudly: “Move quickly!”

Ji Yunshu hadn’t recovered her senses when Luo Yang pulled her up from the ground: “Go!”

He pulled her toward the lowest cabin!

However—

As Ji Yunshu was being pulled along, her gaze quickly swept over those black-clad figures.

If these people were the same as those who had pursued Wen Yu last time, then was Li Chuan also among them?

But among the black-clad figures, she didn’t see Li Chuan’s form.

Luo Yang shouted forcefully at her: “What are you looking at? Don’t you want to live?”

She suddenly snapped back to attention and only then followed Luo Yang to hide in the cabin below.

Those black-clad assassins were obviously targeting the Wen brothers. Now the two groups above had already engaged in combat.

Only the lower cabin offered refuge.

Luo Yang’s ankle had been bitten by a snake, making him limp as he ran!

He desperately pulled Ji Yunshu toward his small storage room.

At this time, Xiao Ba had been resting inside when he suddenly heard a great commotion from above. He poked his head out of the storage room and saw Luo Yang urgently pulling Ji Yunshu as they ran down from above.

Xiao Ba’s heart couldn’t help but grow tense: “Brother? What happened?”

He was very frightened!

Luo Yang shouted loudly: “Quick, get inside!”

Xiao Ba didn’t know what had occurred, but Luo Yang directly pushed him back into the storage room.

Ji Yunshu was also shoved inside.

Luo Yang immediately shut the door and leaned his back against it, gasping for air in great gulps.

That had truly been a life-or-death moment!

“This young master truly escaped death! I almost died just now.”

Thinking about that sword thrusting toward him earlier made his back tighten.

You must understand that Luo Yang was someone who could bend and stretch, who greatly valued his life.

Ji Yunshu breathed slightly heavily, her face flushed red!

She looked at Luo Yang, her heart deeply moved, and said: “Thank you for earlier.”

Truly sincere.

If not for him, she would already be dead.

However, Luo Yang waved his hand dismissively with a nonchalant expression, saying: “Thanks for what? I saved your life because you helped me before. We’re even now.”

This person was like that—as if being thanked by others made him extremely uncomfortable.

Ji Yunshu: “In any case, thank you!”

Xiao Ba stared with round eyes and asked: “What… what exactly happened?”

After catching his breath for a while and gradually calming down, Luo Yang pointed upward with his finger and said: “Let me tell you, someone died up there.”

“What… someone died… died?” Xiao Ba was so frightened he stuttered directly.

“Those people are really something—after chasing them on land, now they’ve come to the waterway. Just who did that guy surnamed Wen offend? Why do so many people want to kill him!” Luo Yang wondered.

Ji Yunshu said: “How do you conclude they’re targeting Young Master Wen?”

“Do we even need to guess? They must be targeting them! Could they possibly be coming for us? That guy surnamed Wen is a plague god—he must have offended quite a few people normally, so they all want to kill him.”

“…”

“Those assassins are also relentless. Truly admirable.” Luo Yang spoke thus.

However, Ji Yunshu remained serious, worrying: “I wonder what the situation is like up there now!”

“What? You’re worried about them? Think about our own situation first. If those black-clad assassins kill them all, they definitely won’t spare us. Right now I’m hoping that guy surnamed Wen stays alive, otherwise we’ll die too.” Luo Yang silently prayed in his heart.

Although he wanted nothing more than for Wen Yu to die, to avenge the hatred of being bitten by snakes.

But now, he was begging heaven and earth hoping they would live.

Ji Yunshu’s brows were tightly knitted together, her heart uneasy.

That unease made even breathing feel somewhat difficult.